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East Asia
Folk artists perform traditional Chinese fire conferring ritual in Kaifeng
Folk artists take part in a performance of the traditional fire conferring ritual in Kaifeng City, central China’s Henan Province, April 3, 2013. It was an ancient local tradition to build new fire and confer the kindlings on the occasion of Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, which falls on April…
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East Asia
Can North Korea learn from Coca-Cola?
*Editor’s note: As North Korea’s ‘bellicose rhetoric’ against the U.S. and S. Korea became a daily ritual, a Beijing-based American columnist Evan Osnos pointed out that the discrepancy between North Korea’s threats and action has been caused by its failure in communication. For that reason, he argues, N. Korea is losing…
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East Asia
How to solve a problem like NK: Three viewpoints
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s brinkmanship is in full bloom. He’s ordered the missiles prepped, dismissed the armistice and announced plans to bring a nuclear reactor back on line. The U.S. response – a restrained show of force by fighter jets and warships, along with comments that simultaneously decry…
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West Asia
Syrian anti-government militants inspect weapons in al-Jazeera region
This undated image posted on a militant website purports to show militants in the al-Jazeera region on the Iraqi side of the Syria-Iraq border. Last month, militants inside Iraq killed 48 Syrian government troops who had sought refuge from the war in their country _ an ambush that regional officials…
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West Asia
Israeli Border Police arrest an Palestinian protester as tensions hightened
Israeli Border Police arrest a First Aid Arab Union Society member during clashes in Jerusalem’s Old City, Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Clashes erupted during a protest in support of Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh, 64, who was serving a life sentence for his role in a foiled attempt to bomb a busy…
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South East Asia
Obama says Singapore key to U.S. rebalancing toward Asia
President Barack Obama called Singapore “one of the most successful countries in the world” and expressed appreciation for its military and economic cooperation, part of his administration’s foreign policy shift toward Asia. Singapore has provided “a steady vision of how countries in the Pacific region can cooperate effectively,” Obama said…
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East Asia
A Chinese Navy squad arrives at Algeria as part of escort missions
Li Xiaoyan (L), commander of the 13th Escort Taskforce of the Chinese Navy, shakes hands with Liu Yuhe, Chinese Ambassador to Algeria, at the habour of Algiers, Algeria, on April 2, 2013. The 13th naval escort squad, sent by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, arrived at Algiers of…
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West Asia
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi visits students who suffered food poisoning
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi (front R) visits al-Azhar University students who suffered food poisoning at a hospital in Cairo, Egypt, Apr. 2, 2013. As many as 561 Egyptian students of al-Azhar University have been infected with food poisoning on Apr, 1, with no deaths reported, spokesman for the Ministry of…
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South Asia
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardai administrates oath of interim cabinet
Photo released by Pakistan’s Press Information Department (PID) on April 2, 2013, shows Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardai (L, center) administrating oath of ministers of interim cabinet in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan. A 14-member interim cabinet took oath on Tuesday in Islamabad, officials said. <Xinhua/PID>
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